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Ballard is trash and not better than Phillips or Wiercioch. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Keith Ballard, Ian White, and Tom Gilbert are all second pairing offensive defensemen who should all be available this offseason and could be good fits in Ottawa.
1. All of them made between 3.0 and 4.2 million last season. White won't be re-signed by Detroit and Ballard and Gilbert will both probably be bought out.
2. They're all coming off bad seasons. Ballad had 2 points, White 4, and Gilbert 13 points.
3. They've all shown high offensive potential with good offensive seasons in the past: Ballard had 39 points on year, White 32 in 77 games, and Gilbert 45.
4. White and Gilbert are right handed shots that play the right side while Ballard is a leftie who has played both sides.
5. All three are about 200lbs, though Gilbert is taller than Ballard and White by about 4 inches.
6. They're all either 29 or 30 years old.
Assuming they're all looking for between 2.5 and 3.5 million dollars, which of them would you like as a Senator?
My guess is that the Sens will probably re-sign Benoit, but I would go with the bigger Gilbert as a serviceable depth player.
michalek for bieksa. Straight up. Opinions?
michalek for bieksa. Straight up. Opinions?
canucks save some cap space and sens save 1M in salary (and then bieksa's salary goes down over the next two years). Sens fill the 2nd pairing RD slot, canucks can promote tanev and maybe keep ballard around instead of buying him out.
only hitch is bieksa's NTC.
It's the perfect solution.......if the Sens can find someone to replace Michalek in free agency.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul, we need NHL wingers as much as we need defensemen.
Thus begins Andre Petersson's illustrious career as Spezza's triggerman.
What do you guys think of ference? He can still play a top 4 d and we can possibly get him cheap. Would he be a type of guy you would want on the sens?
I will do that, why would VAN do that though? Bieksa is arguably their best D most nights. And it creates a hole in our top line, then BM has to go get another top line guy to play with Spezza, meaning... more money, not happening.
michalek for bieksa. Straight up. Opinions?
canucks save some cap space and sens save 1M in salary (and then bieksa's salary goes down over the next two years). Sens fill the 2nd pairing RD slot, canucks can promote tanev and maybe keep ballard around instead of buying him out.
only hitch is bieksa's NTC.
bieksa/hamhuis/edler/tanev, take your pick for the canucks best dman on any given night. For every bieksa fan in vancouver, there is another that is infuriated with him. His injured just as often as michalek. He's not exactly fast. His offensive production took a huge dip last season. He's not perfect, but it's a risk worth taking for us. Michalek gives them a legitimate secondary scorer to work with kesler, and someone to take the defensive load off the sedins.
On our side, yes, it creates a hole up front. It also creates an extra 1M in budget space to go fill that hole. And of course, as a pending UFA, it removes the impending question of whether we really want to re-sign michalek next summer or not.
Jason Garrison is Vancouver's best D.
Who is brought in to replace Michalek